Coffee Table

About: I make and create anything that comes to my mind from skateboard hooks to garden rooms. And I footle around with electronics and instruments at night....and I have a passion for reducing waste packaging by m...
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Life begins after coffee...

...and then we can make a super funky table to enjoy our coffee with!

This coffee table is straight forward to make, with most of the major cuts made with a sliding mitre saw.

I will guide you through the stages with a top tip on how to make the leg mortice + tennon joints super easily with the mitre saw...and with a little more sweat it can also be made by hand.

Finish your coffee and lets get started...

Supplies:

Step 1: WHY

Why timber and metal?

It looks cool...and I have been very fortunate to try out the Evolution Power Tool sliding saw that can cut timber and metal...at the same time!

Don't worry if you don't own one, as I will give tips on how to achieve as good results by hand or with other tools as we go along...

Step 2: Get Your Bits Together

The coffee table that I made was 375mm deep x 860mm long and 355mm high.

I love the Evolution saws, I have had a hand held circular saw for the past couple years and it has been great. Super fortunate that Evolution asked me to test out this their newest sliding mitre saw, well designed and built and so unique in that it is as you say built to cut wood, metal and plastic and all at the same time!

I have a Silhouette Cameo cutter that I can cut out files from Adobe Illustrator, this makes stencil super easy...if you do not have one of these it is still very possible to do by hand, which is how I did it for years.

Write your text in your preferred program Word, Illustrator, Photoshop...print out at the size you require and carefully cut out with a scalpel knife with fresh blade. Takes time though quite a satisfying process.

Spray mount to back side of stencil, stick to work piece, mask surrounding area and spray paint.